X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/397f1cbc7625b76832e3a6d41ebd7cd871c8cbc9..230b7d4d6e1a87bc5e18eb6c6155cc45957cff70:/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn index 8c834e701..67a2bf46a 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ ### What license do themes need to have for distribution? -Could someone specify what license the themes need to have to get distributed in ikiwiki or Debian? The current included theme seem to be under the GPLv2. Does the [Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) also work. This way a lot of free CSS templates could be included, e. g. from [freecsstemplates.org](http://www.freecsstemplates.org/). +Could someone specify what license the themes need to have to get +distributed in ikiwiki or Debian? The current included theme seem to be +under the GPLv2. Does the [Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported +License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) also work. This way a +lot of free CSS templates could be included, e. g. from +[freecsstemplates.org](http://www.freecsstemplates.org/). --PaulePanter + +> Paule, I'd love it if you did that! The only hard requirement on themes +> included in ikiwiki is that they need to be licensed with a [DFSG +> compatable license](https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses). CC-BY-SA 3.0 +> is DFSG; CC-BY is apparently being accepted by Debian too. +> +> As a soft requirement, I may exersise some discretion about themes that +> require obtrusive attributions links be included on every page of a +> site using the theme. While probably DFSG, that adds a requirement +> that ikiwiki itself does not require. --[[Joey]] + +### Once one has enabled the 'theme' plugin in the setup file, how does one use themes? + +Choose one of the [[themes]] which are bundled with ikiwiki and configure ikiwiki to use it by setting this in your setup file, eg. + + theme => 'blueview', + +-- [[AdamShand]]